Iran resumes ballistic missile barrage — 10 salvos, cluster munitions, central and southern Israel targeted

At approximately 05:07 UTC on 26 March 2026, the IDF detected a new Iranian ballistic missile attack directed at central Israel, ending a lull of nearly 15 hours in Iranian long-range fire. Sirens sounded across central Israel, the Jerusalem area, and in the West Bank. The IDF's initial assessment was that the first missile was likely intercepted; no injuries were reported from the first salvo. Almost immediately after the all-clear, the IDF detected a second missile salvo from Iran, with sirens again sounding in central Israel. The Times of Israel described the return of fire as successive salvos, indicating Iran had resumed its pattern of wave-based missile operations targeting population centres and infrastructure. The resumption came after Israel's Air Force conducted an 'extensive' wave of strikes on Iranian regime infrastructure sites in the early hours of 26 March, and after Hezbollah fired its own overnight rocket salvos at central Israel. The NYT reported the first detection at 1:07 a.m. ET (05:07 UTC).